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Comptroller Stringer: City's Greenhouse Reduction Plan Is Likely Behind

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The city's plan to reduce greenhouse gases is flawed and likely behind schedule, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Thursday.

Then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged in 2007 to cut emissions by 30 percent by 2017. His successor, current Mayor Bill de Blasio, also vowed to meet that goal.

But an audit ordered by Stringer found that after eight years, emissions have only dropped 16 percent, averaging 2 percent a year.

Stringer, who has occasionally clashed with de Blasio, issued the report Thursday. It finds that the city won't complete its goal by the deadline and that the program is ineffective.

The de Blasio administration disputed Stringer's findings.

Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Stacey Cumberbatch, said Stringer demonstrated ``an ignorance of industry best practices.''

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